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Removing .pdf extension

Stenoslm1
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Jun 24, 2020 Jun 24, 2020

Hello.  How do I remove the .pdf extension after renaming a file?  It automatically includes the .pdf in the name and I can't seem to get rid of it when I rename the file.

 

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If you do that it won't be recognized as a .pdf file and you won't be able to open it...

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